November 2018

New World Guava Fruit Fly, Anastrepha striata, Host List

The berries, fruit, nuts and vegetables of the listed plant species are now considered host articles 

for A. striata. Unless proven otherwise, all cultivars, varieties, and hybrids of the plant species 

listed herein are considered suitable hosts of A. striata.

Scientific Name Common Name

Acca sellowiana (O. Berg) Burret Pineapple-guava, feijoa

Anacardium occidentale L. Cashew, cajuil

Annona cherimola Mill. Cherimoya, custard-apple

Annona muricata L. Soursop, araticum-grande

Averrhoa carambola L. Carambola, starfruit

Bellucia dichotoma Cogn. N/A

Bellucia grossularioides (L.) Triana N/A

Byrsonima crassifolia (L.) Kunth Craboo, golden-spoon

Calycolpus moritzianus (O. Berg) Burret N/A

Campomanesia lineatifolia Ruiz & P av. Guabiroba, guayaba de leche

Carica papaya L. Papaya, pawpaw 1

Citrus xsinensis (L.) Osbeck Sweet orange, blood orange

Citrus xtangeloJ. W. Ingram & H. E. Moore Tangelo, uglifruit

Coffea arabica L. Arabica coffee, Arabian coffee

Couma utilis (Mart.) Mull. Arg. Sorva, sorva pequena

Diospyros digyna Jacq. Black persimmon, black sapote

Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb). Lindl. Loquat, Japanese-medlar

Eugenia ligustrina (Sw.) Willd. Birchberry, privet stopper

Eugenia luschnathiana (O. Berg) Klotzsch ex B. D. Jacks N/A

Eugenia stipitata McVaugh Araca-boi, araza

Eugenia uniflora L. Brazil-cherry, Surinam-cherry

Inga edulis Mart. Ice-cream-bean, inga-cipo

Inga feuilleei DC. Pacae, pacay

Inga velutina Wiild. N/A

Malpighia glabra L. Escobillo

Mangifera indica L. Common mango, Indian mango

Manilkara zapota (L.) P. Royen Sapote, naseberry, sapodilla

Oenocarpus bacaba Mart. Bacaba palm

Passiflora edulis Sims

Common passionfruit, purple 

granadilla

Persea americana Mill. Avocado, abacate 2

Pouteria caimito (Ruiz & Pav.) Radlk. Caimito, abiu

Pouteria torta (Mart.) Radlk. N/A

Pouteria viridis (Pittier) Cronquist N/A
Psidium acutangulum DC. N/A

Psidium cattleyanum Sabine Strawberry guava, cherry guava

Psidium friedrichsthalianum (O. Berg) Nied. Costa Rican guava, arrayan

Psidium guajava L. Common guava

Psidium guineense Sw. Brazilian guava, Guinea guava

Psidium laruotteanumCambess. N/A

Psidium persicifolium O. Berg. N/A

Psidium sartorianum (O. Berg) Nied. N/A

Psidium spp. N/A

Sideroxylon obtusifolium (Humb. Ex Roem. & Schult.) T. D. 

Penn. N/A

Solanum grandiflorum Ruiz & Pav. N/A

Spondias dulcis Sol. Ex Parkinson Golden-apple, Jew-plum

Spondias mombin L. Hog-plum, Jamaica-plum

Spondias purpurea L. Purple mombin, hog-plum

Syzygium jambos (L.) Alston Malabar-plum, rose-apple

Syzygium malaccense (L.) Merr. & L. M. Perry Malay-apple, mountain-apple

Syzygium samarangense (Blume) Merr. & L. M. Perry Java-apple, Semarang rose-apple

Terminalia catappa L. Tropical-almond, Indian-almond

Zuelania guidonia (Sw.) Britton & Millsp. N/A

1 Lara and Marin (1990) showed that under forced, field-cage conditions, A. striata does not 

infest ‘Solo’ papayas at all level of ripeness in Costa Rica. ‘Solo’ papaya fruits at mature green 

to less than half-ripe level of maturity are conditional non-hosts of A. striata and regulated by 

USDA-APHIS-PPQ through a systems approach mitigation procedure

(https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/planthealth/sa_import/sa_permits/sa_plant_plant_pr

oducts/sa_fruits_vegetables/ct_favir/).

2 USDA-APHIS-PPQ does not regulate mature green 'Hass' avocado for A. striata